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Announcing MDI’s first video completely translated into Turkish: “Islam or Reformation: Which is the way forward?”

MDI is proud to announce our first Turkish translation of an MDI debate. The debate translated, was a debate between MDI’s Abdullah al Andalusi and turkish journalist, author and advocate of liberalism, Mustafa Akyol.

We hope this represents the beginning of more translations into Turkish, making key debates on contentious issues, become more accessible to those in the Muslim world.

Debate: Islam and Reformation – Is Sharia or Secular liberalism the way forward?

What are the solutions for the problems in the Muslim world? Does Islam need reformation? Should Muslims borrow from Western Political systems? What is the way forward?

Two speakers debate at a University of London campus, whether a revival of Sharia, or imitating Secular liberalism from the Western countries, can provide Muslims with the better solutions for the future of the Muslim world.

The speakers were:

Abdullah al Andalusi, a Muslim revivalist thinker, debater and International speaker. He converted to Islam from Christianity when he was 14, and is of Portuguese background. He has spoken in community centres, universities, colleges, mosques and Churches, and has had numerous appearances on various programmes on TV channels including the BBC, ITV, BBC Arabic, BBC Radio 4, Al Jazeera, Press TV, Islam Channel and IQRA TV. He also has engaged in a number of debates, with Atheists, Secularists, Agnostics, Liberals and Christians on a variety of topics from theology to political philosophy.

Mustafa Akyol is a Turkish political commentator and author. He is currently a regular columnist for Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey’s foremost English-language daily. He also appears regularly on Turkish TV, on political discussion shows.